Combined collar holder and necktie ornament



March 15, 1938.

J. L. GRANT COMBINED COLLAR I 'IOLDER AND NEGKTIE ORNAMENT Filed Jan. 4;1936 JNVENTOR. fl ra We kawi A TTORNEYS.

Patented Mar. 15, 1938 2,1lidiii FFiCE COMBINED COLLAR HOLDER AND NECKTlE ORNAMENT Jerome L. Grant, New York, N. 51., assignor, by mesneassignments, to Swank Products, Inc, Attleboro, Mass, a corporation ofDelaware Application January 4, 1936, Serial No. 57,575

1 Claim. (Cl. 2449) This invention relates to mens jewelry, moreparticularly to a collar holder; and has for one of its objects theprovision of a collar holder carrying an ornamental chain to enhance theattractive appearance of the holder and yet one which may have theeffect of desirably restraining the tie.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a collar holder withan ornamental chain for overlying the necktie and draping across thesame and at the same time providing a means to prevent loss of thecollar holder should the same become accidentally detached from thecollar.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists of certainnovel features of construction, as will be more fully described, andparticularly pointed out in the appended claim.

In the accompanying drawing:

Fig. l is a perspective view showing my jewelry item in use on thecollar of the wearer;

Fig". 2 is a front view of the collar holder with a chain attached atits ends to the ends of the holder and draped therefrom;

Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the structure shown in Figure l with thechain hidden beneath the holder;

Fig. 4 is an elevation of a modified form of holder with a chain drapedtherefrom; and

Fig. 5 is a perspective View showing the structure shown in Figure 4 asbeing applied to a collar for use on the same.

In the use of collar holders for holding the flaps of a collar, the sameis largely hidden from View with the ends only being exposed, and inorder to provide a more ornamental and attractive appearance for such anarticle of jewelry I have provided a flexible element, such for instanceas a chain which may be draped across the front of the tie and attachedto the ends of the collar holder so as to confine the tie within theloop formed by the chain and the collar bar; and the following is a moredetailed description of the present embodiment of this invention,illustrating the preferred means by which these advantageous results maybe accomplished:

With reference to the drawing, EB designates generally a collar holderwhich is formed of a curved front bar [I and a back bar E2, the ends ofthe bar I! are provided with spherical enlargements M which contact withthe back bar l2 adjacent its ends. The bars are secured togetherintermediate their ends by a metal clamp [3 of frustropyramidal shapeholding the bars together under sufficient spring tension between themembers i i and 52 so as to firmly grip a piece of material insertedbetween them.

She back bar i2 is formed of a round wire doubled upon itself so thatthe ball i l fits into the crevice between the two adjacent Wires toprovide an enlarged area of contact with the back bar I2. The ends ofthe back bar R2 are flared as at to provide with the ball M an entrancemouth it for the insertion of the fabric between the bars, such as theflaps l l of a collar l8, shown in Figure l.

A U-shaped member l9 conforming substantially to one-half a circle hasits ends it turned inwardly to extend into a hole 2! in the ball it soas to swing with relation to the ball from one position to another. Tothis swinging member is, the end 22 of a chain 23 is detachably securedby the resilient S hook 34 while the other end of the chain similarlydesignated 22 is similarly attached to the member 19, similarly pivotedto the ball M at the other end of the collar holder.

The length of the chain 23 is greater than the distance between itspoints of attachment so that it will drape, as shown in Figure 2, and isalso of sufiicient length to form with the bar ii a loop about the tie24 when the same is positioned, as shown in Figure 1.

In use, the opposite jaws formed between the bars H and I2, are slidfirst on one collar flap I! by causing it to enter at the point i5 andthen slid onto the other collar fiap in a similar manner. The tie isthen threaded down through the loop formed between the chain 23 and thebar it so to position it as shown in Figure l, or

a if desired, the tie may be threaded through the loop formed by thechain and the bar H and then its jaws may be caused to grip the collarand be positioned as shown in Figure 1. In either case, the collarholder may be positioned by a known operation and the chain adjusted asabove explained. Further, due to the detachable connection at the endsof the chain an end may be detached and passed about the tie and thenattached to the member Hi to loop about the tie.

In some cases, instead of using a collar holder formed of the bars H andi2, I may use bar 25 having a pin point 26 at one end and some sort ofan ornamental enlargement 21 at its other end, while an enlargement 28may be detachably positioned on'the pointed end, as shown in Figure 4.In this case, a chain 29 is fixed as at 3%! to the ornament 2?, whileits opposite end 35 is fixed to the ornament 28 which may be detachedfrom the pin point 25.

In use, the pointed end of the bar is passed through the collar flaps 32and 33 while the ornament 28 is removed from the pin point. The chain isthen extended over the front of the tie and the ornament is placed onthe pin point 25 to form a guard for the pin point and also anattachment for the end of the chain 29. In this manner it is unnecessaryto thread the tie through the loop as one end is detached and theflexible member passed about the tie.

The foregoing description is directed solely towards the constructionillustrated, but I desire it to be understood that I reserve theprivilege of resorting to all the mechanical changes to which the deviceis susceptible, the invention being defined and limited only by theterms of the appended claim.

I claim:

A necktie holder comprising a bar having a point at one end for piercinga collar and an enlarged head at the other end, a knob removablypositioned on the pointed end of said bar, and a flexible elementsecured to said head and to said knob and of a length greater than thedistance between said head and knob when the latter is positioned on thepointed end of said bar.

JEROME L. GRANT.

